Dark Blue Butterfly Pea Starter Plant – Indigo Flowering Vine

Dark Blue Butterfly Pea (Clitoria ternatea) is a heat-loving flowering vine known for its striking deep-blue to indigo blossoms. Its vivid flowers make it a standout in the garden and can be harvested for colorful teas, infused drinks, syrups, natural food coloring, and other creative uses.

Grown with care at Sweet Martha’s Family Farmacy in Alabama, each starter is raised in small batches and shipped well-rooted and ready to continue growing along a trellis, fence, arbor, or other support.

Why Grow Dark Blue Butterfly Pea?

Dark Blue Butterfly Pea combines fast climbing growth with unusual indigo flowers that are both beautiful and useful. It’s a distinctive choice for tea gardens, edible flower gardens, pollinator spaces, containers with support, and gardeners who want a productive flowering vine they can harvest throughout the growing season.

Uses & Harvest

Harvest the brilliant blue flowers as they open for:

• Herbal teas and iced teas
• Color-changing drinks with citrus
• Infused water and beverages
• Syrups
• Natural food coloring
• Dried flower blends
• Fresh and dried flower crafts

The flowers also make Butterfly Pea a beautiful addition to pollinator, tea, and specialty herb gardens.

Plant Details

Botanical Name: Clitoria ternatea
Light: Full sun
Water: Water regularly while establishing; avoid consistently waterlogged soil
Growth Habit: Fast-growing climbing vine
Bloom Color: Deep blue to indigo
Growing Style: In-ground gardens or large containers with climbing support
Support: Provide a trellis, fence, arbor, or similar structure
Hardiness: Perennial in USDA Zones 9–11; commonly grown as an annual in colder climates
Harvest: Flowers can be harvested as they open throughout the blooming season
Garden Tip: Give your Butterfly Pea a trellis or other climbing support early so the young vine has something to climb as it grows.

Your Plant Includes

One healthy, well-rooted Dark Blue Butterfly Pea starter plant
After-shipping care instructions
Hardening-off and transplanting guidance
Long-term watering and growing instructions
Contact information if you need additional help with your plant

Every starter plant is grown and tended in small batches at Sweet Martha’s Family Farmacy. I only ship strong, healthy plants that I would be happy to grow in my own garden.

Farm Note: Live plants naturally vary in height, fullness, leaf shape, and appearance. Your plant may not look exactly like the plant pictured. This listing is for a starter plant, not a mature flowering vine.